Determined to find a lasting solution to the problems encountered by commuters and motorists who ply the Sagamu/Ore expressway, the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency FERMA, has put in place programmes that would ensure continuous monitoring of the ever-busy expressway and other Federal roads in the country, with a view to identifying the bad spots and fixing them immediately.

Less than three months to the introduction of VAT on listed property, many home owners are frantically trying to complete alteration and restoration work to their listed properties to save thousands of pounds and secure the property’s future for generations to come.

The Federal Ministry of Works has announced plans to monitor the right of way, ROW, with aerial photography, satellite mapping design as well as geographical information system GIS. This is to ensure the accurate mapping of all lands in the country so as to reduce reported cases of environmental and other natural disasters.

Lagos State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat has solicited the cooperation of communities where government projects are being located as this would lead to the overall development of the State.

The lure to live in one’s own property has driven many people, particularly those residing in the cities and urban centres, into buying land even in very difficult terrains. Unfortunately, some of the people who buy these “difficult lands”, lack the financial wherewithal to develop them. Some have ended up erecting structures that are unfit for human occupation.